We also have stories on the three sets of teams that are going to be recognized at the ceremony – the Grainger High School boys’ basketball championship teams of 1963-64, the North Lenoir girls’ teams from 1964-65 through 1966-67 and the South Lenoir boys’ team from 1968-69.

This is the fourth induction ceremony of the KLCSHOF since it began in 2004, but is easily the most diverse of the quartet. Every single corner of the county, a half-dozen sports and nearly a century of history of sports in our county will be represented at the ceremony.

Tickets for the ceremony – which begins at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Woodmen Community Center – are $30 and are going fast. The ticket price includes a fantastic dinner, the best program you’ve ever seen and the chance to meet some of the legends from not only this year’s class but from the three previous classes, too. You can get your tickets by calling Jenny Inabinet at 252-939-3338 or by visiting the Woodmen Community Center or The Free Press.

Most importantly, though, you’ll have the opportunity to see the Hall at its permanent Woodmen Community Center home for the first time – and I promise you’re going to walk away impressed. The KLCSHOF steering committee – Rita Spence, George Whitfield, Jimmy Smith, Jenny Inabinet, Bill Ellis, Ryan Herman, Debra Wicker, Bill Rowland and Lucy Marston – has been feverishly working to get everything ready for the Oct. 20 ceremony.

If you have any questions or need any additional information about the ceremony, feel free to contact me by any of the methods listed below.

Make your plans for the 20th – and I can’t wait to see you there!

Bryan C. Hanks is the managing editor of The Free Press and his column appears in this space every Sunday. You can reach him at 252-559-1074 or at Bryan.Hanks@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter at BCHanks.

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Kinston/Lenoir County Sports Hall of Fame

The Kinston/Lenoir County Sports Hall of Fame will induct its fourth class on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Woodmen Community Center, the new permanent home of the KLCSHOF. The Free Press is running a series of articles by Ryan Herman and Bryan C. Hanks on all 10 new inductees and the teams that will be honored at the ceremony. Here is the schedule for the stories: